Posted by SLS on June 8, 2005, at 21:47:49
In reply to Mifepristone; compassionate access, +. » Mr.Scott, posted by temoigneur on June 8, 2005, at 20:51:32
Mifepristone is not easy to get, nor is it free. It is do-able, though. It is just time-consuming. There is a lot of paperwork to do, and the physician must follow the same procedure for each individual patient. Two applications go out:1. The feminist majority
2. The FDAI have already been assigned an IND number by the FDA to take mifepristone. Now, I must work with the feminist majority to actually procure the drug. You take 600mg of mifepristone for 7 days and then stop. You hope that you begin to respond to it by the end of the week, and then pray that the newly regulated brain stays that way indefinitely. Each person is allowed two treatments per year, so if relapses occur less than 6 months apart, you are left to agonize. Hopefully, this will all change once the drug receives any number of new indications, including psychotic unipolar depression, bipolar depression, and Cushings Disease. The feminist majority doesn't really care which new indication the drug is approved for, as long as they can help insure that it remains available in the US as an abortifacient. The cost of the medication is much reduced. They will sell it for $10 per 200mg or 300mg tablet, I can't remember which. So that becomes a total cost of between $140 and $210 for the one week treatment. That's a pretty cheap fix - as long as you stay fixed. My guess is that for people like me, there will need to be maintenance treatments in excess of the twice per year that is currently allowed.
I get the stuff in about a month if all goes well. Of course, by then, I may not need it. Trileptal might be the answer for me. I still have hope that it will be.
Presently taking:
Lamictal 150mg
Parnate 80mg
nortriptyline 100mg
Abilify 10mg
Trileptal 600mg
Caffeine PRN
- Scott
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